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drape off

drape off verb: to extend as if hanging like a drape.

Verb

drape off (third-person singular simple present drapes off, present participle draping off, simple past and past participle draped off)

  1. (ambitransitive) To extend as if hanging like a drape.
    • Streams cut through open plains draping off the mountain ridge.
  2. (intransitive) To reduce in amplitude.
    • The long tail of sales drapes off without dropping off.

Forms of drape off

third-person singular presentdrapes off
present participledraping off
past participledraped off
pastdraped off

Questions about drape off

What does drape off mean?
Drape off means to extend as if hanging like a drape.
What part of speech is drape off?
Drape off is a verb.
What is the past tense of drape off?
The past tense of drape off is draped off.

Words near drape off in the dictionary

  1. drapa
  2. drapabilities
  3. drapability
  4. drapable
  5. drape
  6. drape off
  7. drapeabilities
  8. drapeability
  9. drapeable
  10. Drapeau
  11. Drapeaus

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